dementia expert

Yesterday, we were discussing language problems for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. We talked about the inability to find the right words when dementia persons try to speak. Technically this is called expressive aphasia.

We then discussed a dementia persons’ inability to understand what someone has said to them. Technically this is called receptive aphasia. Both these problems can seriously impact a dementia persons’  life.

Also of serious consequence is a condition called apraxia. Apraxia is when a person can not motor plan. In other words, they can not initiate common everyday movements such as walking, brushing their teeth, or even, something as simple as, raising their hand. Sometimes once you help them to start the movement, they can complete it, but sometimes not. People with dementia…….

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By Susan Berg